We have curated a compendium of financial terminology commencing with the letter ‘A’ to improve your proficiency in financial literacy.
A-B Trust
A-Shares
AAA
AARP
Ability-to-Pay Taxation
Abnormal Return
Absolute Advantage
Absolute Return
Absorption Costing
Absorption Rate
Accelerated Depreciation
Acceleration Clause
Acceptable Quality Level
Accepting Risk
Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
Accidental Death Benefits
Account Balance
Account in Trust
Account Number
Account Statement
Accountability
Accountant
Accountant Responsibility
Accounting
Accounting Conservatism
Accounting Cycle
Accounting Equation
Accounting Information System
Accounting Method
Accounting Policies
Accounting Principles
Accounting Profit
Accounting Rate of Return
Accounting Ratio
Accounting Standard
Accounting Theory
Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable Turnover Ratio
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable Aging
Accounts Receivable Financing
Accredited Asset Management Specialist
Accredited In Business Valuation
Accredited Investor
Accretion
Accretion of Discount
Accretive
Accrual Accounting
Accruals
Accrue
Accrued Expense
Accrued Income
Accrued Interest
Accrued Liability
Accrued Revenue
Accumulated Depreciation
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Accumulation Phase
Accumulation/Distribution Indicator
Acid-Test Ratio
Acquisition
Acquisition Accounting
Acquisition Cost
Acquisition Premium
Active Management
Activist Investor
Activity-Based Budgeting
Activity-Based Costing
Activity-Based Management
Activity Cost Driver
Activity Ratios
Actual Deferral & Actual Contribution Percentage Test
Actuarial Gain Or Loss
Actuarial Life Table
Actuarial Science
Ad Valorem Tax
Add-On Interest
Additional Child Tax Credit
Additional Paid-In Capital
Addition Rule for Probabilities
Adhesion Contract
Adjudication
Adjustable Life Insurance
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Adjusted Closing Price
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted Funds From Operations
Adjusted Gross Income
Adjusted Present Value
Adjusting Journal Entry
Administrative Expenses
Administrative Services Only
Advance/Decline Line
Advance Payment
Advanced Internal Rating-Based
Adverse Possession
Adverse Selection
Advertising Budget
Affiliate
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliated Companies
Affirmative Action
Affordable Care Act
After-Tax Real Rate of Return
After-Hours Trading
After-Tax Contribution
After-Tax Income
Agency Bond
Agency by Necessity
Agency Costs
Agency Problem
Agency Theory
Agent
Aggregate Demand
Aggregate Stop-Loss Insurance
Aggregate Supply
Aggregation
Aggressive Investment Strategy
Agribusiness
Air Waybill
Aleatory Contract
Algorithmic Trading
Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses
Allocational Efficiency
Allotment
Allowance for Bad Debt
Allowance for Credit Losses
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Alpha
Alphabet Stock
Altcoin
Alternative Depreciation System
Alternative Investment
Alternative Minimum Tax
Alternative Trading System
Altman Z-Score
Always Be Closing
Amalgamation
Amended Return
American Depositary Receipt
American Depositary Share
American Opportunity Tax Credit
American Option
American Stock Exchange
Americans with Disabilities Act
Amortization
Amortizable Bond Premium
Amortization of Intangibles
Amortization Schedule
Amortized Bond
Amortized Loan
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
Analysis of Variance
Anchoring
Anchoring and Adjustment
Angel Investor
Annual Equivalent Rate
Annual General Meeting
Annual Percentage Rate
Annual Percentage Yield
Annual Report
Annual Return
Annual Turnover
Annualize
Annualized Income
Annualized Income Installment
Annualized Rate of Return
Annualized Total Return
Annuitant
Annuitization
Annuity
Annuity Due
Annuity Table
Anomaly
Anti-Dilution Provision
Anti-Dumping Duty
Anti Money Laundering
Anticipatory Breach
Antitrust
Applicable Federal Rate
Application Programming Interface
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
Applied Economics
Appraisal
Appraisal Costs
Appreciation
Appropriation
Appropriation Account
Aptitude Test
Arab League
Arbitrage
Arbitrage Pricing Theory
Arbitrageur
Arbitration
Arc Elasticity
Arithmetic Mean
Arm’s Length Transaction
Arms Index
Aroon Indicator
Aroon Oscillator
Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
Articles of Association
Articles of Incorporation
Artificial Intelligence
Ascending Channel
Ascending Triangle
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Asian Development Bank
Asian Financial Crisis
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Ask
Assemble to Order
Assessed Value
Asset
Asset Allocation
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper
Asset-Backed Security
Asset-Based Approach
Asset-Based Lending
Asset Class
Asset Coverage Ratio
Asset Financing
Asset-Liability Committee
Asset Liability Management
Asset Management
Asset Management Company
Asset Protection
Asset Retirement Obligation
Asset Swap
Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transaction
Asset Turnover Ratio
Asset Valuation
Assets Under Management
Assignment
Assortment Strategies
Assumable Mortgage
Assurance
Assurance Services
Asymmetric Information
At Par
Atomic Swaps
At The Money
Attorney-in-Fact
Attribution Analysis
Attrition
Auction Market
Audit
Audit Committee
Audit Risk
Auditor
Auditor’s Opinion
Auditor’s Report
Augmented Product
Austerity
Australian Securities Exchange
Autarky
Authorized Stock
Autocorrelation
Automated Clearing House
Automated Customer Account Transfer Service
Automated Teller Machine
Automatic Bill Payment
Automatic Premium Loan
Automatic Stabilizer
Autonomous Consumption
Autonomous Expenditure
Autoregressive
Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average
Available Balance
Available-for-Sale Security
Average Age Of Inventory
Average Annual Growth Rate
Average Annual Return
Average Inventory
Average Collection Period
Average Cost Basis
Average Cost Method
Average Daily Balance Method
Average Daily Rate
Average Daily Trading Volume
Average Directional Index
Average Life
Average Outstanding Balance
Average Propensity to Consume
Average Return
Average Selling Price
Average True Range
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